Language proficiency in native and nonnative speakers: An agenda for research and suggestions for second-language assessment

Language Assessment Quarterly

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 229-249

  Hulstijn, Jan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 80052008823     PISSN: 15434303     EISSN: 15434311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15434303.2011.565844     Document Type: Article

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